The problem here is that the phenomenon of natural monopoly this article puts forth simply does not exist. The railroads and other "utilities" were not evil monopolies from which public ownership saved us. Quite the opposite is true.

With railroads, the heads of the largest railroads attempted for decades to secure cartels to no avail. They turned to the federal government to regulate the industry so as to 'rationalize the market' and 'avoid ruinous competition.'

The result was the practical nationalization of the railroad industry under the administration of the Interstate Commerce Commission or I.C.C.

The creation of this new locus of power attracted many interest groups who all sought a seat at the commission's table. Unsurprisingly, the first commission was comprised almost entirely of men representing the interests and desires of the major railroads. The result: the major railroads finally obtained the Cartel they long desired and strived to realize. But this cartel, pursuing the special interests of railroads under the guise of pursuing the public interest, was presented to the public as beneficent and it's edicts carried the sacred seal of the sovereign's imprimatur, thereby giving an appearance of sanctity to devious acts.

Over time, as power changed hands and superior political entrepreneurs in different industries obtained seats of authority, the policy objectives of the cartelizing agency shifted. Former winners became present losers and the formerly oppressed became the new oppressors. But despite this, the consumers and the industries as a whole suffered.

This same tactic was employed by A.T. & T. to secure its 70 years of dominance, the after effects we are still suffering under (e.g., last mile providers and municipal franchise agreements causing almost the entirety of the problems complained about by proponents of Net Neutrality).

Similarly, other utilities--power, lighting, telecoms, etc.--employed similar means to obtain their entrenched positions of advantage.

We do not want to give these incumbents (Facebook, Amazon, Google) the same unnatural power. Such policies have the effect of making temporary market leaders into permanent government sanctioned and protected monopolists.

We are not Americans, Mexicans, Iraqis, etc.

We are human beings. We are made in the image of God. We are all brothers and sisters.

War is murder most exalted. War is the fratricide of Cain and Abel writ large. War, and the spirits that animate It, is ultimately Deicide.

War is the will to sacrifice self in the pursuit of the sacrifice of others. It is to be willing to die, but only because dying is a necessary possibility when one is willing to kill.

War takes courage. But it is a courage misplaced and misapplied. This is why any critique of war is met with such raw emotion. To call war murder and a fraud is to say that those sacrifices were in vain service to a pretend Lord. It is to make someone's entire reality crumble before their eyes, diminish their self worth, and create a sense that one may have been a cult-like dupe who was violated and manipulated by those who knew his deepest convictions and passions--those to whom he entrusted his deepest self.

War kills all who participate in it, though only those that fall in the field are counted among the casualties.

John McCain Went To Ukraine And Stood On Stage With A Man Accused Of Being An Anti-Semitic Neo-Nazi:
http://read.bi/1e7UAL3

XXII Congress of Ukrainians in America held in Hartford:
http://bit.ly/2vRhzrC

Ukrainian nationalists honor Nazi collaborator & other ‘fallen heroes’ with torch-lit march (VIDEO):
http://bit.ly/2n5zE2H

Ukrainian nationalists hold torchlit march in Kiev to mark anniversary of Nazi collaborator Bandera:
http://bit.ly/2vafcOs

Kiev renames major street to honor Russian Nazi collaborator:
http://bit.ly/29wUQqc

DNC’s Operative Alexandra Chalupa Worked With Bomber Kimberlin To Prevent Trump From Being Sworn In:
http://bit.ly/2vHcr9c

Additional reference for DNC's collaboration with Ukrainian nationalist-linked operatives:

Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire:
http://politi.co/2jkoItO

In short, it is to actually and consistently live out the faith in humanity and God so many people, especially politicians, love to profess so boisterously when seeking to garner the praise, favor, and support of the people they seek to exercise dominion over. That is: to do justice (in one's actions), love mercy (in one's reactions), and (by) walking humbly with thy God who is, above all, Love.

//Stephen Hicks: Remember that the “law” of supply and demand is an aggregate of many individuals’ judgments and actions. It’s important not to reify it into some sort of Platonic or Hegelian abstract force that operates of generic necessity. The best way to model free markets is from the bottom up, by starting with real human beings, each of whom has individualized values, knowledge, and options."

I’ve long had a suspicion that the discomfort the critics have with classical liberalism is really a deep discomfort with the full responsibility for your life that liberalism requires."

I agree with those who criticize the methodology of some versions of free-market economics that utilize only idealized and abstract models of markets in which everyone is perfectly rational and has instant access to all information. But I disagree with the standard postmodernist move of taking the failure of such idealized models to mean that only messy chaos and crisis rule the world. In philosopher’s labels, Nietzsche is not the only alternative to Plato.//